India General Knowledge MCQ

Total Questions: 1142

1) The origin of the name Bharat is related to which glorious king of ancient times?

a) maharana pratap

b) chandragupta maurya

c) Bharat Chakraborty

d) Ashoka Maurya

2) Which is the biggest city in India??

a) Mumbai

b) Kolkata

c) Delhi

d) Madras

3) Which is the largest state in India??

a) Uttar Pradesh

b) Maharashtra

c) Rajasthan

d) Madhya Pradesh

4) How many states are there in India?

a) 28

b) 29

c) 36

d) 15

5) Which is the longest river of India?

a) Gandaki

b) Kosi

c) brahmaputra

d) Ganges

6) Which is the widest river in India??

a) brahmaputra

b) Gomti

c) Ganges

d) Chambal

7) Which is the tallest tower in India??

a) Charminar

b) Qutub Minar

c) The swinging minaret

d) Shaheed Minar

8) Which is the longest dam in India?

a) Bhakra Dam

b) Indira Sagar Dam

c) Hirakud Dam

d) Nagarjuna Sagar Dam

9) The longest tunnel in India is?

a) Chenani–Nashri Tunnel

b) Jawahar Tunnel

c) Maliguda Tunnel

d) Kamshet Tunnel

10) It is the tallest statue in India?

a) Harmandir Sahib

b) Hampi

c) statue of unity

d) Gomateshwara

11) When was the first women's university established in India?

a) 1917

b) 1915

c) 1916

d) 1925

12) The first women's university of India is?

a) Sri Padmavati Women's University

b) S,N,D,Tea ,Women's University

c) Banasthali Vidyapeeth

d) LSRWomen's University

13) Where was India's first women's university established?

a) Delhi

b) Kolkata

c) mumbai

d) Bangalore

14) Who was the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in Asian Games?

a) Kamaljit Sandhu

b) Sucheta Kriplani

c) Razia Begum

d) Bachendri Pal

15) Who was the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest?

a) kalpana chawla

b) razia sultan

c) Bachendri Pal

d) Sucheta Kriplani

16) Who was the first woman IPS of India?

a) Sarojini Naidu

b) kiran bedi

c) Vimla Devi

d) mother teresa

17) Who was the first woman governor of India?

a) Sarojini Naidu

b) sushmita sen

c) Pratibha Patil

d) Mamata Banerjee

18) Who was the first woman judge in the Supreme Court?

a) Uma Bharti

b) sushmita sen

c) M ,Fatima Beevi

d) Karnam Malleswari

19) Who was the first Governor General of independent India?

a) Lord Canning

b) lord mountbatten

c) lord dufferin

d) Lord Lytton

20) Who became the first Prime Minister of India?

a) Jawaharlal Nehru

b) Lal Bahadur Shastri

c) indira gandhi

d) Morarji Desai

21) When did Jawaharlal Nehru become the first Prime Minister of India?

a) 26 January1950

b) 15 august1947

c) 15 august1948

d) Other

22) Who became the first woman prime minister of India?

a) Pratibha Patil

b) M ,Fatima Beevi

c) Indira Gandhi

d) Other

23) The first President of India is?

a) abdul kalam

b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

c) Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

d) Basappa Danappa Jatti

24) Who was the first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize?

a) Hargobind Khurana

b) mother Teresa

c) Amartya Sen

d) Rabindranath Tagore

25) Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?

a) Vyomesh Chandra Banerjee

b) Pherozeshah Mehta

c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

d) Lala Lajpat Rai

26) first indian astronaut?

a) Rakesh Sharma

b) kalpana chawla

c) Sunita Williams

d) Other

27) First Indian woman to reach the South Pole?

a) Tara Cherian

b) Vimla Devi

c) Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu

d) Dr ,amrita patel

28) The first Indian film made in India ?Mouni Cinema?

a) Raja Harishchandra

b) kishan kanhaiya

c) Pundalik

d) Bhishma Pledge

29) When was the first Indian film silent cinema Raja Harishchandra produced in India?

a) 1934

b) 1918

c) 1919

d) 1913

30) English name of India?India ' (India)from which word did it originate?

a) Bharat Chakraborty

b) India

c) from the word Sindhu

d) Other

31) What is Bharatkhand of India?

a) Another name

b) Nation

c) Civilization

d) Other

32) What is agriculture to Indian economy??

a) Economic progress

b) Spine

c) Financial improvement

d) Other

33) Which is the state with the least population in India?

a) Chandigarh

b) mizoram

c) Sikkim

d) Goa

34) The first Indian colour film is?

a) Raja Harishchandra

b) kishan kanhaiya

c) Sita Marriage

d) sati sulochana

35) Oscar Award Winners for Lifetime Achievement?

a) Satyajit Ray

b) Bhanu Athaiya

c) Rabindranath Tagore

d) kiran bedi

36) first viceroy of india?

a) Sir John Shore

b) Lord Canning

c) lord william bentinck

d) Earl Cornwallis

37) Who is the first woman minister of the Central Government of India?

a) Smt. Shanno Devi

b) B ,S ,Rama Devi

c) Princess Amrit Kaur

d) Priya Himorani

38) First woman Chief Minister of India?

a) Indira Gandhi

b) amrita pritam

c) Sarojini Naidu

d) Mrs. Sucheto Kriplani

39) first woman president of india?

a) Mrs. Pratima Patil

b) Mrs. Sucheto Kriplani

c) Indira Gandhi

d) Other

40) first speaker of lok sabha of india?

a) Yes ,V ,mavalankar

b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

c) Vyomesh Chandra Banerjee

d) Other

41) First Indian world champion in chess?

a) vladimir kramnik

b) by Mir Sultan Khan

c) Viswanathan Anand

d) Dibyendu Barua

42) India's first paperless newspaper is?

a) green land

b) The News Today

c) morning news

d) Other

43) The first Indian woman cricketer to score a double century is?

a) mithali raj

b) Anjum Chopra

c) Amita Sharma

d) poonam yadav

44) When was India's first paperless newspaper The News Today started?

a) 23 January 2003To

b) 13 January 2001To

c) 3 January 2001To

d) 9 January 2002To

45) First Indian Judge appointed to International Court of Justice?

a) Dr. Nagendra Singh

b) Yes ,V ,mavalankar

c) Jagadish Chandra Bose

d) R ,Of ,Narayan

46) Who is the first Indian woman to become Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India?

a) Pratibha Rai

b) Of ,J ,purpose

c) Madhur Jaffrey

d) Other

47) First woman Lok Sabha Speaker?

a) Mrs. Sucheto Kriplani

b) Princess Amrit Kaur

c) meera kumar

d) Vimla Devi

48) Who was the first Home Minister of India?

a) vishnu dev sai

b) Shri Beni Prasad Verma

c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

d) Other

49) First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics?

a) C V Raman

b) J.J. Thomson

c) Kailash Satyarthi

d) mother Teresa

50) First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Medicine?

a) Subrahmanyan Chandrashekhar

b) Niels Ryberg Finsen

c) Dr. Hargovind Khurana

d) Amartya Sen

Total Questions: 1142

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